Re: [lyme disease tests/Joanne/Robin/ketosis

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Hi,

I am asking how you know you are not in ketosis during low carbs. The test

strips are not always an indicator. Joanne can seem to know by how she feels,

but I cannot see the results of that in my case. Also tiredness is an indicator

when you are going low carb, as it takes a few weeks(or longer) for the body to

start burning the fat. There has been some times especially at the beginning

when I felt I needed more rest, but overall my energy level is much better. Some

people feel worse in ketosis for a while as you are doing more detoxing. I think

I have been in ketosis most all the time for the past 2 years. I get less than

50 grams carbs. There has been a few times the muscle pain got worse for a short

time, but over all my pain lever was reduced. Bee does say if the healing

reactions get too severe we can increase the carbs a bit, but I try to not

increase them even with the buckwheat as mentioned by her, as I think staying in

ketosis is the best in the long run. You may not have been getting enough fat,

especially coconut oil-65 to 80 % calories should be fat.

The sea salt does not bother me, but I get very little salt from other sources.

If I ear out, I say no seasoning.

C.

>

> HI JOANNE

>

> THAT IS HELPFUL. I AM DEFINITELY WORKING ON THIS SALT THING. I AM DOING

> MORE HIGH FAT, NOT AIMING FOR KETOSIS THOUGH. I DID KETOSIS ONCE FOR OVER

> 5 YEARS. I FIND IT TOO HARD TO STAY IN IT NOW. THERE IS A TEA I LIKE THAT

> DOES HAS A FEW CARBS, A PROTEIN SHAKE, A MILLET CRACKER, AND A FEW OTHER

> THINGS. IF I EAT OVER 20 GRAMS OF CARBS I CAN¡¯T SEEM TO STAY IN KETOSIS.

> WHEN I EAT THAT LOW IN CARBS I FEEL EXHAUSTED. SO I TRY TO EAT BETWEEN

> 40-60 WHEN I¡¯M WATCHING IT. BUT I CAN¡¯T BE IN KETOSIS BETWEEN 40-60 GRAMS.

> SO................... I¡¯VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS. I AM

> HEALTHIER AS A RESULT OF TRYING EVERYTHING AND EATING LOW CARB AND AVOIDING

> SUGARS BUT KETOSIS SEEMS TO BE JUST OUT OF REACH FOR ME NOW. ALSO, WHEN I

> EAT THAT LOW OF CARBS THE MUSCLE SPASMS GET WAY WORSE. CAN¡¯T SLEEP I GET SO

> MANY OF THEM SO HIGHER CARBS 40-60 AND THE LEG CRAMPS ARE CONTROLLABLE.

>

> I RARELY EAT DAIRY NOW BECAUSE I KNOW I¡¯M LACTOSE INTOLERANT. I EAT ALMOND

> MILK.

>

> SO, THE BATTLE GOES ON. I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR WEEKS TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT

> AND THE SCALE JUST GOES UP AND DOWN THE SAME 3 POUNDS. IF I EAT VERY LOW

> CARB, 20 GRAMS I LOSE 2 LBS, THEN I EAT SOMETHING SLIGHTLY SALTY AND I GAIN

> IT BACK. FRUSTRATING. I WOULD LIKE TO LOSE ABOUT 8 POUNDS. MY CLOTHES FIT

> A LITTLE TIGHT AND I DON¡¯T LIKE THAT FEELING. I GAINED 8 POUNDS IN THE LAST

> TWO MONTHS WHICH IS WHY I WANT TO GET IT OFF TOO. I ATE LOW CARB LAST MONTH

> FOR 5 DAYS AND LOST 6 POUNDS. THEN I ATE A SALTY PIECE OF FISH WITH SAUCE

> AND GAINED 3.5 THAT NIGHT. VERY FRUSTRATING. SO I AM ASSUMING THIS WATER

> WEIGHT.

>

> ANYHOW, I FIGURE DON¡¯T GIVE UP. AS LONG AS I TRY AND DON¡¯T GIVE IN I CAN

> RETAIN THIS AMOUNT OF HEALTH AND WEIGHT LOSS.

> I DON¡¯T KNOW IF I TOLD YOU JOANNE BUT I AM DOING NEUROFEEDBACK WITH A DOCTOR

> HERE PLUS I GET EMDR FROM A DOC IN HIS OFFICE AS WELL. TWICE A WEEK I DO

> THIS SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. I AM FEELING BETTER AS A RESULT AND THEY

> TELL ME IT WILL ADJUST MY NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THEY GET A 95 PERCENT ¡°CURE¡±

> RATE OF FIBRO, AND THE EMDR WILL HANDLE THE PTSD. I AM SEEING RESULTS WITH

> THE PTSD FOR SURE!!!!!!!!! I NO LONGER HAVE PANIC ATTACKS OR NIGHTMARES OF

> THE SAME OLD STUFF FROM MY PAST. I AM MORE ACTIVE IN MY ART, I AM LESS

> RECLUSIVE NOW TOO.

>

> SO, I AM HOPING THIS WILL GIVE ME A REAL CHANGE BECAUSE WHEN I READ THIS

> LIST THERE IS HARDLY ANYTHING I HAVE NOT TRIED IN THE PAST TWENTY YEARS. I

> HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A BELIEVER IN NATURAL CURES SO I¡¯VE DONE THE DIETS, THE

> KETOSIS, THE EXERCISE, YOGA, SWIMMING POOLS, SUPPLMENTS, SLEEP AIDES LIKE A

> SLEEP MASK, USING ICE, USING HEAT AND MEDITATION. I HAVE NEVER TRIED DRUGS

> BECAUSE I NEVER BELIEVED IN THEM.

>

> SO, THIS NEUROFEEDBACK FELT LIKE AN ANSWER FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS LOSING HOPE

> HAVING TRIED EVERYTHING FOR SO LONG. WHEN THEY SHOWED ME MY BRAIN SCAN IT

> SHOWED DEEP DEPRESSION AND HYPERVIGILANCE. AFTER THE FIRST 20 TREATMENTS

> THERE WAS CHANGE IN MY EEG THAT SHOWED A LIFT IN THE DEPRESSION AND A

> LESSENING OF HYPERVIGILANCE.

>

> SO I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THIS.

>

> THANKS FOR YOUR HELP AND EXTENSIVE RESEARCH JOANNE. I SO APPRECIATE YOUR

> HARD WORK. I READ YOUR STUFF ALL THE TIME I JUST DON¡¯T ALWAYS ANSWER.

>

> ROSEMARIE